It's not as bad as you think: menopausal representations are more positive in postmenopausal women.

DISCUSSION: Women's emotional and cognitive representations of the menopause are more positive among postmenopausal women, compared to women in the late premenopausal stage. This is consistent with the affective forecasting theory, which proposes the tendency to overestimate the intensity and duration of emotional reactions to future events. Given the association between representations and bothersomeness of menopausal symptoms, clinicians should educate women about their expectations, and challenge their negative beliefs about the menopause.
PMID: 28937311 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology - September 24, 2017 Category: OBGYN Tags: J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol Source Type: research